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So I was driving to Kelly's to get me some lunch, and i decided to stop at the Exxon across from J. Pace to fill the ol' tizzank. I get out of the car, do all the hullaballoo about paying etc., put the nozzle in, and start pumping.
I get to about 1.5 gallons, and all the sudden the gas stopped. I have just enough time to think to myself "what the hank?" before all of the nozzles in the roof thing start releasing plumes and plumes of white, fire retardant powder or whatever. i kind of just stood there all "umm...what?" and then i looked around only to see...white. i couldnt even see the loser cruiser about two feet from me. all of the sudden i hear in broken english, "get out of the cloud! get out of the cloud!" so i went into the little convenience store thing to see a 70 year old man in a terry cotton sky blue jumpsuit with the jacket open and no shirt on and at least 4 gold chains, who apparently was also caught in the chemical cloud thing. The fire department came and started freaking out, yelling "sit down!" to me and the old dude. "Are you alright?! Can you breathe?! Any shortness of breath?!" I said no, then listened to Mr. Palm Beach complain to the fire fighter about the $5.00 that he wanted to get back (he payed with cash, apparently) when the girl at the cashier clearly told him that as soon as the power was back (the chemicals being released completely shut everything down). i got my car hosed down, and talked to the manager for a while. I felt bad, cuz they have to shut down the station til at least tuesday, and with "the busiest gas weekend of the year" in memorial day coming up, he's about to "lose and assshitload of money".
then i went and ate some delicious roast beef.
I get to about 1.5 gallons, and all the sudden the gas stopped. I have just enough time to think to myself "what the hank?" before all of the nozzles in the roof thing start releasing plumes and plumes of white, fire retardant powder or whatever. i kind of just stood there all "umm...what?" and then i looked around only to see...white. i couldnt even see the loser cruiser about two feet from me. all of the sudden i hear in broken english, "get out of the cloud! get out of the cloud!" so i went into the little convenience store thing to see a 70 year old man in a terry cotton sky blue jumpsuit with the jacket open and no shirt on and at least 4 gold chains, who apparently was also caught in the chemical cloud thing. The fire department came and started freaking out, yelling "sit down!" to me and the old dude. "Are you alright?! Can you breathe?! Any shortness of breath?!" I said no, then listened to Mr. Palm Beach complain to the fire fighter about the $5.00 that he wanted to get back (he payed with cash, apparently) when the girl at the cashier clearly told him that as soon as the power was back (the chemicals being released completely shut everything down). i got my car hosed down, and talked to the manager for a while. I felt bad, cuz they have to shut down the station til at least tuesday, and with "the busiest gas weekend of the year" in memorial day coming up, he's about to "lose and assshitload of money".
then i went and ate some delicious roast beef.